Tickets have gone on sale for a dinner featuring former Deputy Leader of the Labour party Roy Hattersley.
His talk will follow the 8th Annual Patrons’ of Lichfield Cathedral Dinner on September 30 at 7pm.
Mr Hattersley will be delivering a speech called What are politicians for? in the medieval surroundings of Lichfield Cathedral.
He explained:
“Few of us have very high opinions of politicians. Nor, it must be said, did our ancestors during the years which we now call ‘parliament’s golden age’. In continental Europe they are held in much higher regard. Does the British and American public expect too much or do the politicians deliver too little? And what do we think their job, in a modern democracy, is?”
The dinner is a black-tie event that begins with a drinks reception in the Cathedral Transepts. A dinner of four courses (with wine included) is then served in the Nave.
Tickets are £60 and are available by contacting Madeleine Budgen or Lynne Smith on 01543 306120 or emailing patrons@lichfield-cathedral.org.
